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Office of Archives & History Acquisitions Committee – Spring 2021 Office of Archives & History Acquisitions Committee Agenda For the NC Historical Commission Agenda approved on 3/4/2021 by the Office of Archives and History Acquisitions Committee Agenda Reflects 12/9/2020, 2/10/2021 NCMH Acquisitions Meetings And 2/24/2021 NCSHS Acquisitions Committee Proposed Accessions: NC Museum of History Page 2-9 NC Mountain Gateway Museum Page 10 NC Maritime Museums Page 11-15 NC State Historic Sites Page 16-20 Proposed Deaccessions: NC Museum of History Page 21-23 1 Office of Archives & History Acquisitions Committee – Spring 2021 NC Museum of History Reflects 12/9/2020, 2/10/2021 NCMH Acquisitions Meetings 1) PROPOSED ACQUISITION Receipt #: R.6350.1 Object Name: Painting. Features a scene of the prison yard of Central Prison, Raleigh Source: Donation, Ms. Tara Hales Historical Significance: Paintings of central prison by inmates are rare; provenance of the painting is solid; represents the changing interpretation of inmate care and opportunities afforded inmates sanctioned by the state; the painting would illustrate the opportunity inmates had to express themselves artistically before there was an official inmate art program. 2) Receipt #R.6346.1-3 Object Name: Two paintings and a Coat of Arms Source: Ms. Betty Green, New Bern Receipt # 6346.1 Object Name: oil painting on canvas Source - First & last name of Donor OR vendor w/purchase price & funding source Date Made: 18TH century Anglican minister John Blacknall (C.1690-C.1749) arrived 1725 TO Edenton, North Carolina with his son Charles (from Buckinghamshire County, England) as part of the retinue of Sir Richard Everard, the newly appointed Governor Of North Carolina by the Lords Proprietors. He became "Received Minister Resident" at Saint Paul’s Church, Edenton August 18, 1725. In January 1726 Governor Everard wrote to the Bishop of London stating Blacknall "had made 160 Christians since he has been here. " while riding in the Currituck Precinct--a part of his Circuit of chapels and Precincts of old Albemarle County--Blacknall was asked to marry Thomas Spencer, a white parishioner and Martha Paul, a biracial woman. He 2 Office of Archives & History Acquisitions Committee – Spring 2021 married the couple in Edenton even though it was prohibited by law in North Carolina to perform a marriage uniting a white person and a person known to be “of negro blood”. Blacknall informed Christopher Gale, Chief Justice of the Province of his actions and registered himself as an informer which would entitle him to half of the fifty-dollar fine. Blacknall was politely asked to leave for an extended trip to Virginia. He was duly indicted but never tried, convicted or fined 50 pounds. By 1726 he was in Virginia as minister in the Sittenburn Point Parrish, King George County, Virginia. Receipt # 6346.2 Object Name: oil painting on canvas Date Made: 18TH century Historical Significance Charles (C.1724-C.1769) arrived with his father the Reverend John Blacknall in Edenton, North Carolina, 1725. No mention is made of his mother. Charles grew up in Gloucester County, Virginia and later followed in his father's footsteps becoming a Reverend and working in Kingston Parrish, Gloucester County. He married and had three daughters; Bettie, Mary and Ann and four sons; Charles, George, John, and Thomas. George and Thomas served in the American Revolution at YORKTOWN. By 1796, George and Thomas had moved to North Carolina. Receipt #: R.6346.3 Object Name: framed coat of arms Date Made: 18TH century Reason for collecting & Potential Use: see above. This is a well-documented story and extremely unusual to have the two portraits and the coat of arms together. This is a rare glimpse into early colonial life; could be used in the museum core exhibit, early North Carolina religious exhibits, and 18th century socio/political exhibits. Relevant holdings in current collections: the museum has very few documented 18th century portraits. This painting also retains its original frame. The museum has no 18th clergy portraits. 3 Office of Archives & History Acquisitions Committee – Spring 2021 3) R.6382.1-7 Object Name: T-shirt quilt top and 6 Bumper Stickers Source - Phoebe Pollitt, donor. Date Made: ca. 2011 Historical Significance: In the 1990s, Phoebe Pollitt was the only school nurse for Watauga County. She focused her work on tobacco use prevention. One way she accomplished this was through the Watauga High Against Tobacco (WHAT) Club (1996–2015). Being the first and one of the few High School tobacco prevention organizations in the state WHAT was able to get grant money from the American Cancer Society, the Watauga Health Dept, and a local medical society. Club members participated in the Great American Smokeout (GASO) every year at the county’s only high school. In preparation for the GASO, they held a t-shirt logo contest and then made more than 400 t- shirts to give out after the students participated in several activities during their health education class time. They also held a bumper sticker contest for many of these years. By the early 2000s, Pollitt left to teach at Appalachian State and later at UNCG in their nursing programs. Around 2011, she decided to transform her many years of WHAT Club t-shirts into a t-shirt quilt. The finished piece speaks to the state’s emphasis on tobacco cessation education in the late-1900s and early 2000s—a period when North Carolinians actively challenged the long-entrenched legacies of tobacco promotion and use within the state. Reason for collecting & Potential Use: T-shirt quilts have become a popular project in the last 15–20 years, yet we do not have any represented in our collections. The 6 bumper stickers were designed along with the t-shirts that were used in the quilt. Also, we do not have any artifacts that tell the story of smoking cessation education. Further, this piece is from the underrepresented mountain region of the state. Relevant holdings in current collections: None 4 Office of Archives & History Acquisitions Committee – Spring 2021 4) Receipt #: R.6349.1-.4 Object Name: Signs (4), regulations for facility use by Holly Springs Parks & Recreation Source: Charles Knight, Holly Springs NC Date Made: 2020 Historical Significance: Signage used by Holly Springs Parks & Recreation Department to inform park/facility users about rules, regulations, and restrictions in place due to Covid-19. Used during Phase 1 of restrictions at several Holly Springs facilities: Veterans Park, Womble Park, and Ting Park. Reason for collecting & Potential Use: actual signage used at park facilities to inform about rules regarding use during pandemic . 5 Office of Archives & History Acquisitions Committee – Spring 2021 5) Receipt #: R.6373.1-5 Object Name: Miscellaneous Items, See below Source: Charles Knight, Holly Springs NC Receipt #: R.6373.1 Object Name: informational poster, how to wear a mask – Holly Springs Fire Dept Date Made: 2020 Historical Significance: During the late Spring of 2020 masks became recommended or mandatory in NC due to Covid-19 pandemic. The Holly Springs Fire Department produced a poster featuring their mascot “Cinder,” an Australian Labradoodle, to demonstrate the correct and incorrect ways to wear a mask. The posters were intended for distribution around Holly Springs, to businesses, schools, town facilities, etc. Reason for collecting & Potential Use: a unique way a local Emergency Response agency educated the public about preventing exposure to Coronavirus Receipt #: R.6373.2-.3 Object Name: t-shirts (2), Holly Springs Salamanders Date Made: 2020 Historical Significance: The Holly Springs Salamanders baseball team are part of the Coastal Plain League, a collegiate summer wood bat baseball league with 15 teams across Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia. The Salamanders were to host the 2020 CPL All Star Game July 13, 2020, at their Ting Park stadium. However due to Covid, the Salamanders – along with the majority of teams in the CPL – elected not to play the 2020 season, thus the All Star Game did occur (although 7 CPL teams did play in 2020). All Star t-shirts had already been made before the Salamanders’ decision not to play. With no season and thus no gameday revenue, the Salamanders owners – Capitol Broadcasting (which also owns the Durham Bulls) – produced t-shirts “commemorating” the lack of a 2020 season to try to recoup lost revenue. (Similar t-shirts were produced for the Bulls as well, but with a Bull theme.) Reason for collecting & Potential Use: one t-shirt is for an event canceled due to Coronavirus, and one offers mocking commentary on the lost 2020 season and the year as a whole 6 Office of Archives & History Acquisitions Committee – Spring 2021 Receipt #: R.6373.4 Object Name: Postcard, Sanford NC National Guard armory Date Made: 1940s/50s Historical Significance: The National Guard armory in Sanford was one of 30 armories built in the years immediately prior to WWII using Works Progress Administration funds. It opened ca. 1940 and was home to the 30th Recon Company. When a new armory was built, the town of Sanford took possession of the WPA-era one and it is currently the town’s Bob E. Hales Recreation Center. Reason for collecting & Potential Use: to be used in Answering the Call to illustrate inter-war period NC National Guard Receipt #: R.6373.5 Object Name: Postcard, Gurkin’s Tavern, Smithfield NC Date Made: 1930s/mailed 1951 Historical Significance: Gurkin’s Tavern along Hwy 301 between Smithfield and Selma was one of several businesses destroyed when a Fort Bragg-bound truck loaded with some 30,000 lbs. of munitions was involved in a traffic accident at what is now the intersection of 301 and 70 and exploded in the early morning hours of March 7, 1942.